# Text to Speech

> Text to Speech for text, websites, and PDFs.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alpaca.android.readout](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alpaca.android.readout)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.alpaca.android.readout`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alpaca Works
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 4,980,688
- **Rating:** 4.66 / 5 (81,269 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.8.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-08
- **First published:** 2021-02-24
- **Publisher country:** JP
- **Size:** 35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alpaca.android.readout)
- **Website:** [https://alpaca-works.com/](https://alpaca-works.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://alpaca-782a6.web.app/privacypolicy/texttospeech.html](https://alpaca-782a6.web.app/privacypolicy/texttospeech.html)

## Description

The Text to Speech Chrome extension offers a versatile and user-friendly way to listen to text, webpages, and documents aloud. Users can quickly read out entered text or input a URL to hear web articles, making it ideal for multitasking or accessibility purposes. It also supports sharing URLs from other apps like browsers and news platforms.

This extension handles various document formats including PDF, TXT, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and macro-enabled files, allowing comprehensive text-to-speech conversion. Additionally, users can save the spoken content as audio files for offline listening. Voice settings such as reading speed and pitch customization enhance the listening experience. With an easy-to-use interface and a sleek dark theme, it blends functionality with appealing design.

## Rankings

- #24,222 — Overall
- #1 — text to speech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.alpaca.android.readout.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

User reviews praise Text to Speech for being easy to use, functional, and useful for communication, with multiple voices and generally fast performance. Positive feedback highlights reliability and accessibility. However, several users express negative sentiment, labeling the app as poor quality in some cases. A common area for improvement is adding more natural tone and emotion in speech and better handling punctuation cues. Overall, a simple, practical TTS app with room for quality refinements.

### Pros

- Easy to use and simple
- Functional and reliable; works as intended
- Offers multiple voices / voice variety
- Helpful for communication and reading accessibility
- Free and fast performance

### Cons

- Mixed user sentiment with some reviews labeling the app as poor quality (sucks/trash)
- Lacks nuanced tone, emotion, and punctuation cues in speech

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.alpaca.android.readout)